Now Playing Onstage in Sacramento - Week of 8/17/2014

THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVEBig Idea Theatre 7/25-8/23/2014
George has spent his life documenting languages, but words fail him when Mary, his wife, tells George that she is leaving him. That same day, the last two speakers of a vanishing tongue arrive to work with George and his love-struck assistant, Emma, to record their language for posterity. This magical tale is filled with love and loss, beginning and endings and examines the force and failings of language.
Click Here for More InformationLA CAGE AUX FOLLESWells Fargo Pavilion 8/19-8/24/2014
This hilarious, bawdy musical comedy by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein won six Tony Awards in 1984, and both subsequent productions won the Tony for Best Revival. Centered in a bustling nightclub on the French Riviera teeming with song, dance and laughter, it features "The Best of Times," "I Am What I Am," "Song on the Sand."
Click Here for More InformationTHE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHESSutter Street Theatre 8/23-9/14/2014
It's a sweet deal! Travel to a town and claim to be an expert in something. In fact, claim to be the foremost expert in anything! It doesn't matter, because you skip town after you get the money but before you produce anything.
That's the sweet life for two con artists until they accidentally get hired by the Emperor. Now if they don't produce an amazing set of clothes soon, they'll be heading straight for the executioner (if only either one could sew!) Hopefully with the help of the court jester they'll get out of this with their heads, and maybe teach the Emperor a thing or two.
Click Here for More InformationGYPSYSutter Street Theatre 8/16-9/21/2014
Gypsy is the ultimate story about an aggressive stage mother. Join Rose, June and Louise in their trip across the United States during th 1020's, when vaudeville was dying and the burlesque was born. Jule Styne's music Stephen Sondheim's lyrics include Let Me Entertain You. Some People, You'll Never Get Away from Me, If Momma Was Married, All I Need is the Girl, Everything's Coming Up Roses, You Gotta Get A Gimmick and Together Wherever We Go. This is a gripping story of one of the most frightening aspects of show business.
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